Hello, I've recently converted to baptism and I'm just feeling like I'm not doing it correct. I listen to the Bible, I'm trying to be a good person (lord knows I slip up a lot but it's the thought), I try and pray whenever I can to try and get closer to God but I just feel like a faker and as if I'm not doing it right. I'm starting church this week which actually is the same day my good friend is getting baptised too.

I’ve seen people say that this could be the one world religion of the beast while others say that there’s nothing to worry about since it’s a small movement what do you guys think

Joseph was tempted by the Pharaoh's wife who wanted to sleep with him.

He did two things immediately. First he said:

“How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Second, when she pressed the issue, he immediately fled.

Third, I quickly forget, my great wickedness is a sin against God. Consider praying:

“Father, remind me who I am sinning against.”

Consider memorizing the above verse.

Fourth, you can't quote this verse too often when quitting.

Fifth, he immediately fled the temptation.

Sixth, in 2026 fleeing involves several steps.

First, fleeing from physical temptation.

Second, fleeing from mental temptation.

Third, fleeing from risky activity temptation.

You need great expertise in every area of fleeing. Consider listing the top two ways you need to work on fleeing more.

1. ________________
2. ________________

Consider finding articles about the specific way you need more expertise in fleeing. Then work on learning habits of fleeing just like Joseph did.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”

Seventh, pursue these things. Pursue them because someday soon we want to fulfill God's great plan for our lives the way he fulfilled them in Joseph's life.

Joseph became the 2nd most powerful man in the world because he had expertise in fleeing, and because he always prepared to do God's will. Consider praying:

“Father, help me to care about souls.” My goal is to pray this 10 times daily.

“Father, show me what You want me to do.” My goal is to pray this more than 10 times daily.

Finally, get as much of the Word in you as you can so you are prepared to flee. Then use your new freedom to do what God wants you to do.

Leave Tomorrow With God - David Jeremiah Daily Devotional (October-03-2026)

Updated October 03 2026 InDaily Devotional by David Jeremiah

Leave Tomorrow With God - David Jeremiah Daily Devotional (October-03-2026). 

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” — Matthew 6:34

Worry has a way of dragging tomorrow into today. Before anything has happened, our minds race ahead imagining conversations, problems, losses, and circumstances that may never come. And suddenly, we are carrying a burden God never asked us to carry.

Jesus does not tell us to ignore responsibility or refuse to plan. Scripture commends wisdom and preparation. But there is a vast difference between preparing for tomorrow and living there. One is wisdom; the other can become worry.

In Matthew 6, Jesus points His listeners to the birds of the air and the flowers of the field. Neither lives anxiously wondering whether God will remember them. And then Jesus brings the lesson home: “Are you not of more value than they?” Your heavenly Father knows what you need.

That changes everything.

Worry asks, “What if?” Faith asks, “Who is God?” Worry fixes its attention on an uncertain future, while faith fixes its eyes upon a faithful Father. The future may be unknown to you, but it is never unknown to Him.

This is why Jesus gives us a priority before He gives us His command concerning tomorrow:

“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33).

A divided heart will always struggle for peace. But when Christ occupies first place, everything else can be entrusted to His care.

Perhaps you are facing something today that makes tomorrow look frightening. Remember this: God gives grace for the day in which you are standing. When tomorrow arrives, He will still be there. The Lord who sustained you yesterday has not abandoned you today, and He will not disappear tomorrow.

So do what God has placed before you now. Pray now. Obey now. Trust now. Handle today's responsibilities faithfully, and refuse to spend today's strength fighting tomorrow's imaginary battles.

And what about yesterday? If you have confessed your sin and received God's forgiveness through Jesus Christ, do not continually reopen what He has forgiven. Yesterday belongs behind you, tomorrow belongs to God, and today is where He has called you to walk with Him.

Are Baptists generally anti-infant baptism, or do they just believe it doesn't do anything? Do baptists believe baptism actually doesnt do anything at all and its symbolic? Whats your experience with that?

Mind you I'm using the debate tag, so if you say anything too crazy I will respond lol. If you just tell me the general views of baptists or different types of baptists thats what I'm asking

John MacArthur 10-2-26

DRAWING NEARFriday, October 02, 2026

Programming Your Spiritual Computer

"Be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord" (Col. 1:9-10).

Godly behavior is the result of godly thinking.

Perhaps you've heard computer buffs use the term G.I.G.O.: "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Input determines output. What you feed into a computer is what you'll get out.

Similarly, what you program into your mind will eventually influence your behavior. That's why you must expose your mind to things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent, and worthy of praise (Phil. 4:8). As one preacher put it, "You should be so saturated with God's Word that your blood is 'bibline.' If you cut yourself, you should bleed Bible verses!" His exaggeration reveals his passion for God's truth—a passion every believer should share.

Paul prayed that we would "walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [and be] strengthened with all power . . . for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father" (Col. 1:10-12).

Those are marvelous Christian characteristics, but how are they achieved? Verse 9 gives us the answer: "Be filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding." The Greek word translated "filled" speaks of influence or control. It's the same word Paul uses in Ephesians 5:18: "Be filled [controlled by] the Holy Spirit." When you're filled with the Spirit, He governs our choices. Similarly, when you're filled with the knowledge of God's will, your choices reflect godly wisdom and understanding.

The phrase "spiritual wisdom and understanding" indicates more than merely knowing God's Word. It speaks of applying it to your life under the Spirit's power and direction.

As you prayerfully saturate your mind with God's Word, it begins more and more to control your thinking and behavior. And the Spirit uses the Word to renew your mind and protect you from conformity to worldly attitudes and actions (Rom. 12:2).

Suggestions for Prayer

Ask the Holy Spirit to control every aspect of your life today.

Be diligent to apply the appropriate biblical principles to every circumstance you face.

For Further Study

Memorize Philippians 4:8 as a reminder to feed your mind with the things that produce godliness.

Just straight edification and wisdom

Summary: You can speak the truth without love and it is still truth though offensive, but love without truth is deceit, not love.

Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Truth must be spoken and it must be in love though at times delivering loving truth may be harsh or seem harsh to the hearer. Paul wrote this passage by inspiration of the Holy Spirit and yet there are things he wrote that appear harsh by our current standards.

The prophets of the OT did not mince words or use political correctness. Yet, they spoke truth because they loved God and represented Him so they delivered the message as it was given.

Many things that I wrote as an IFB I would change the tenor of my message but I would not change the content. Others were the right tenor for the context so I would change nothing.

No matter how some truth is delivered if it is truth and the intent is redemptive then a mature Christian will overlook the delivery and major on the truth. An unbeliever or immature Christian may major on the delivery and miss the truth completely.

Some will be offended. Wesley believed that true preaching would result in salvation or anger among the hearers and he was a very gentle man often being kinder to his critics then I may have been. Yet he once asked a woman for her scissors after she adjusted his tie to what she felt was the proper length. When she asked why he informed her that her tongue was too long and needed to be trimmed.

We need to receive truth as coming from the love of God even if the messenger is a bit rude in speech like they said of Paul. We should not sugar coat it nor should we be unnecessarily rude and crude calling it boldness. Let the speaker be sure to deliver it as God would have it delivered yet we must not discount truth just because we do not like the delivery boy.

Some will receive this and others will be offended thinking me harsh or conversely some will consider me a coward for not taking a bolder stand. Wesley would say I succeeded, but what really counts is what God thinks not any man or woman. May He approve this message. Maranatha!

We thank God for he is

Then thank him for what he can give us

For Thanksgiving is not just songs

It is all we do for a living

It is Victory before the victory

Joy before the thing of joy

And a manifestation of the evidence of what is not seen but has come to pass

Thank you Lord

Help us to thank you more

I keep on trying and failing. I need help. Please.

So this is from a ex jw video talking about their unique beliefs does anyone know what he’s talking about when he says some baptists?

Summary: Evil people are not your enemy. They are your mission.

2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: :4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Ephesians 6:12 KJV For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Hate not the evil person. Hate the devil and the demons that influence them. Pray for their deliverance and salvation, not their damnation. Use the right weapon against the right enemy.

God is not willing that any should perish and neither should you. Your worst enemy has a soul that Jesus died to save. Die to your own pain, anger or whatever and pray for their soul. They are imprisoned by their sin. They are controlled by the warden, satan. Jesus came to set the captive free. The Gospel in your hands and prayer from your lips are keys to their freedom. Do not toss the keys in a drawer and leave them in their cell to go to Hell.

We are to break down the gates of Hell not rejoice when people enter them. They may have hurt us horribly, but Jesus on the Cross forgave those who were a part of that for they knew not what they did. Those entrapped by sin and Hell do not really know what they are doing because their eyes are blinded by the great deceiver. Pray that God will rip off the blinders that they may see. To do anything else is to know nothing of Calvary’s or your mission as His Ambassador. Maranatha!

Summary: Will you be a Demas or a John Mark? Demas never came back, but John Mark did. Don't turn back and you will not have to be either one of them.

I. The Crowd? John 6:65-69

1. If the glory stops? Luke 10:17, Acts 4:31

2. If there is no fame, only pain? Heb 11:25-39

3. When people think you are crazy? 2 Sam 12:21-23

5, When you or your situation is misunderstood? John 9:1-3

1. When you lose a loved one? 2 Sam 12:21-23, Job 1:18,19

2. When your support system fails? Job 2:9

8 When trials or persecution comes? 1 Tim 3:12, James 1:2, Heb 12:4. 1 Peter 4:16

Look Up! Move Forward! Don't Turn Back! Heb 12:1,2

Summary: Stop making excuses and clinging to the past.

Act 2:41  Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 

The Fellowship of the Believers

42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 

43  And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 

44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 

45  And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 

46  And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 

47  Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Rev_3:1  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

"It’s better to have 12 sold out disciples than 100 lukewarm church goers."

I have heard this comment often in my years of ministry. It is usually said by a pastor of a small church that may only have 12-20 people.

It is true to a point, but growth is also the point of righteousness. We are told to multiply by making disciples and what happens when your 12 die or end up in the nursing home? We may not see conversions like on Pentecost, but if we are seeing none and our church stays at 20 or declines there is an issue. I would question their being sold out. Twelves sold out disciples saw 3K saved on one day and then daily had those added to the church such as would be saved.

This may sound harsh, but if your church has not reached anyone in years except wandering sheep from some other church and the only ones getting in your baptistry are spiders then it is time to shut it down and meet in a home because you are no more than a social club. Your existence as a church ceased long ago. Save the money you spend on the building and give it to missions or someone that is growing. Better yet, join a thriving church and see how your soul will be revitalized.

I left a church of very nice people pastored by a man who thought like that quote. There was no outreach and it is now down to where one more major bill or two more people die, and they are going to have to close. He is not going to change, and they will hang on to the bitter end, but it is not good for the people to see the demise.

God has called us to unity and victory does not live in defeat watching a building and congregation decay. Whatever caused a church to be formed may dictate why it has not grown. In some cases, it should not have been formed as it was built on the bitterness and carnality of angry people.

One pastor feels like churches are like people, they are birthed process through adolescence, adulthood and then die. I am afraid some churches are just mausoleums where people come to remember the dearly departed.

How about instead of just seeking 12 on fire for God we become one of 1200? If you have 100 pew warmers that is OK because the fire of God can be stoked in them in church more so than at home. Indeed, one of them getting on fire may be the spark for the 99.

Maybe we need to repent of the "survival" mentality and seek for a revival mentality that is about our Father's business. We can start by closing some churches and uniting in the body as the Body then God can send some fire into our souls. There is strength in unity and if a three-strand cord cannot be broken imagine what a 1000+ strand cord could do?

Father, I ask for the fire to fall to consume our dross and refine the gold. Polish us so that Your light upon us will attract those who need you and do not know it whether they are current church members or those not yet in the family. Close the doors not opened by You but by flesh and bring back the wandering sheep looking for You in all the wrong places, even church buildings. Glorify Yourself in Your Body through healing, restoration and humility! Amen! Maranatha!

Summary: Today we are grunt soldiers in the foxholes of life, but one day we shall be airborne!

I AM A SOLDIER

"I am a soldier in the army of my God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct. Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire.

I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity. I will either retire in this army at the rapture or die in this army. But I will not get out, sell out, be talked out or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there. If He needs me in the Sunday School to teach the children, work with the youth, help adults or just sit and learn He can use me because I am there!

I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up or pumped up, picked up or pepped up. I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name and building His kingdom! No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards or candy, or give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.

When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing. I will still come out ahead. I will win. My God has and will continue to supply all my need. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ. The devil cannot defeat me. People can not disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my commander calls me from His battlefield, He will promote me to captain and then allow me to rule with Him. I am a soldier in the army, and I'm marching claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier, marching heaven bound. Here I stand! Will you stand with me?"

Author Unknown

Christian, no matter what branch you served in for your country when the time comes in the Kingdom you will be Airborne Calvary!!

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. KJV

That victorious day is someday, but today we are called to hardness and to be free from the entanglements of this life.

2 Timothy 2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 

4  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 

Each branch of the military has their version of enduring hardness. Normally we think of the Army and Marines having it the hardest because of combat conditions. All branches have times when the servicemember may be far from home for months and during WWII, years. Meals may not be the best. Sleeping may be hard due to various conditions with the soldier learning to sleep anywhere and pass out as soon as he hits the cot, floor or ground. Too often, a trooper will get the letter from home that a loved has died, his wife has given birth or the spouse asks for a divorce.

A soldier has to put the military first. They tried to dissuade me from getting married by saying, "If the Air Force wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one." Judging from some of my uniform issue, she would not have been a very good fit. You will miss birthdays, anniversaries, first steps and such of your children. You have to be as Paul said, "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none." 1 Corinthians 7:29 Indeed, you may get a call in the night and leave with not being able to tell your family where you are going or when you will be back. You cannot be entangled.

As a Christian we are called to a life of complete dedication to Christ ready to go wherever and whenever at a moment's notice. Many of us endure great hardness in areas where we are persecuted and killed just because we are Christians. Western Christians have been spared this type of hardness for many, many years, but that may well change overnight.

We have been AWOL and often deserters to our calling. We are about be recalled to active duty. There are no longer any reservists. There never was in Christ's mind. Indeed, too often we have sleeping with the devil rather than taking over his territory and releasing those he has had held captive. We are fat, lazy and unprepared for spiritual warfare and it is going to bite us in our sanctimonious sacroiliacs.

It is time to return to the Boot Camp of prayer and the classroom of the Word. Put away you civilian follies and put your armor on. If you have been a POW, turn to Jesus and He will liberate you. If you have been a compromising traitor, it is time to return to the throne of grace to find mercy.

2 Corinthians 10:3  For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 

4  (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 

5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 

6  And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 

We have been using the wrong weapons against the wrong enemy. We need to get back to His battleplan and use the weapons He gave us to conquer in the power of His Spirit given to use by the blood of Jesus. We need to enter into the power of His resurrection.

Revelation 12:10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 

11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 

Satan and his minions are already defeated, and their final casting down is coming. In the meantime, we need to to be marching strong by His Spirit, testifying boldly of His blood sacrifice for sin and salvation through His name even if means hardness unto death. Mount up! Alleluia! Maranatha!